Legislation that will dissolve the Health and Social Care Board (HSCB) from March next year is currently making its way through the Assembly. In our written submission to the Health Committee, we are calling for this unique opportunity to be seized in a way that enables dentistry and oral health to move forward.
Date: 05 May 2021
The next Scottish Government must take action to bridge oral health inequality and support dentistry. This is the case we made in our manifesto, published ahead of the election on 6 May 2021. We have summarised what each party is calling for in relation to dentistry.
Date: 29 April 2021
We offer our congratulations to Dr Anna Ireland on her appointment to the new Dental Public Health lead at Public Health England. We are committed to working with her team both on managing transition to a new public health system, while confronting the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 on oral health.
Date: 22 April 2021
The British Dental Association has indicated it is ready to work with a future SNP government on wide-ranging pledges made in the party's manifesto, which could fundamentally change the way dentistry is delivered in Scotland.
Date: 15 April 2021
The BDA has said that the GDC must stop using registrant money on under-cover investigations, following the recent admission from the General Dental Council that it acted unlawfully in undertaking under-guise operations against a registrant.
Date: 12 April 2021
The British Dental Association has paid tribute to its past President His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh following the news of his death today.
Date: 09 April 2021
